Cilastatin sodium injection at Sanford Sheldon Medical Center

118 N 7th Ave, Sheldon, IA · Sanford Health · · NPI 1841200623

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$84.42

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$105.52

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$24.42 with Sanford Health Plan Align vs $77.10 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Sanford Health Plan Align Medicare Replacement $24.42 ↓ -71%
Ucare Medicare Replacement $26.22 ↓ -69%
Great Plains Medicare Advantage Medicare Replacement $26.47 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Replacement $26.47 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Medicare Replacement $26.47 ↓ -69%
Health Partners Medicare Replacement $26.47 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Replacement $26.47 ↓ -69%
Primewest Medicare Replacement $26.99 ↓ -68%
Wellmark HMO $42.84 ↓ -49%
Wellmark PPO $44.55 ↓ -47%
Sanford Health Plan Group Health/True $45.90 ↓ -46%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange True $45.90 ↓ -46%
Security Health Plan Commercial $47.12 ↓ -44%
Sanford Health Plan Commercial/ND Pers $54.00 ↓ -36%
Sanford Health Plan SD Exchange Commercial $54.00 ↓ -36%
Health Partners State Employees $56.54 ↓ -33%
Health Partners Commercial $64.25 ↓ -24%
Medica Choice $70.68 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial + Top 20 $71.53 ↓ -15%
Aetna Commercial $74.45 ↓ -12%
Ucare Commercial $75.27 ↓ -11%
Medica Elect $75.56 ↓ -10%
Healthez Commercial $77.10 ↓ -9%
First Choice Health Network Commercial $77.10 ↓ -9%
Multiplan Commercial $77.10 ↓ -9%

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Cilastatin sodium injection at other Iowa hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
MercyOne Genesis Davenport West Medical Center Davenport $87.44 not published
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport $87.44 not published
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt $87.44 $34.19 – $73.42
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines $59.00 $6.10 – $21.68
UnityPoint Health - St. Lukes Downtown Sioux City $39.39 $6.10 – $28.45
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge $56.88 $6.10 – $60.44
CHI Health Mercy Corning Corning $71.68 $7.56 – $97.51
CHI Health Missouri Valley Missouri Valley $73.17 $7.56 – $97.51

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